Fruit-picker.



O. OLSEN.

FRUIT PIGKER.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE7,1911

1,038,425, Y Patented Sept. 10,1912.

' 1 u u 1 I I 1 v I p I 1 v a 4 I v 1 1 A TTORNEY.

I nnr'rnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN OLSEN, F SOLDIER, IOWA.

FRUIT-PICKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept. 10,1912.

Application filed June 7, 1911. Serial No. 631,779.

new and useful Improvements in Fruit Pickers, of which the following isa specificat1on, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to fruit pickers, and it has for its ob ect theprovision of an 1mproved device of this character which may be attachedto the end of a pole and is provided with peculiarly shaped fingerswhereby fruit may be pulled from the branch of a tree and drop into acup or similar recepvtable without danger of bruising.

The invention has been clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which similar characters denote similar parts, and in which Figure 1.is a side view of my improved device partly broken away. Fig. 2.represents a top view thereof, and Fig. 3. is a' bottom view thereof.

Referring to the drawings,10 denotes a basket or similar receptaclepreferably made of sheet metal and having a cone shaped bottom portion11, which is closed by a plate 12. Secured to the outer surface of thecylindrical part of the basket 10, area series of fingers-13, 14, 15,16, all disposed within one-half of the opening-area thereof so as toleave the other half unobstructed and consequently permlt the device tobe placed over the fruit hanging on the tree. A slight side-movementwill then result in bringing the fingers in a position to straddie thebranch or fruit-stem, and the fruit may then be pulled off and drop intothe basket immediately below it.

It will be noted that the pair of adjacent central fingers 1 1, 15 aretapered so that their adjacent edges 14, 15 are substantially parallelwith each other and also with a line L passing centrally between themand through the center of the basket. Likewise the adjacent edges 15 and16" of the fingers 15 and 16 are substantiallyparallel, as well as theedges 14; and 13" of the first named set of fingers 13 and 14. Thisconstruction insures comparatively wide openings between the ends of theseveral fingers without increasing the space between them at theirpoints of attachment to the basket as that fruit may be readily pickedandfthe liability of 'its slipping through will be minimized. Secured tothe conical bottom portion are a series of stays? which are attachedwith their lower ends to a split ring 21 adapted to receive the endportion of a pole 22, the end of which is preferably tapered as shownand seated in a foot-plate 23 secured to the bottom plate 12 abovementioned. Q

Many changes may be made in the particular construction of myimproveddevice, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim The combination with a fruit-picker comprising a basket, andfingers attached to the outer'surface and extending over the top ing thelower ends of said stays, a footplate secured to thebottom :of saidbasket,

and a pole passing through said ring and engaging said foot-plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my in presence of two witnesses.

I CHRISTIAN OLSEN.

signature \Vitnesses D, B. Snvnrsor:

HANS BERG.

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Washington, D. G.

